Cardinal Number
Is a number that says how many of something there are, such as one, two, three, four,
five.
Ordinal Number
Is a number that tells the position of something in a list, such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc.
Most ordinal numbers end in "th" except for:
one ⇒ first (1st)
two ⇒ second (2nd)
three ⇒ third (3rd)
Cardinal Ordinal
1 One 1st First
2 Two 2nd Second
3 Three 3rd Third
4 Four 4th Fourth
5 Five 5th Fifth
6 Six 6th Sixth
7 Seven 7th Seventh
8 Eight 8th Eighth
9 Nine 9th Ninth
10 Ten 10th Tenth
11 Eleven 11th Eleventh
12 Twelve 12th Twelfth
13 Thirteen 13th Thirteenth
14 Fourteen 14th Fourteenth
15 Fifteen 15th Fifteenth
16 Sixteen 16th Sixteenth
17 Seventeen 17th Seventeenth
18 Eighteen 18th Eighteenth
19 Nineteen 19th Nineteenth
20 Twenty 20th Twentieth
21 Twenty one 21st Twenty-first
22 Twenty two 22nd Twenty-second
23 Twenty three 23rd Twenty-third
24 Twenty four 24th Twenty-fourth
25 Twenty five 25th Twenty-fifth
… … … …
30 Thirty 30th Thirtieth
31 Thirty one 31st Thirty-first
32 Thirty two 32nd Thirty-second
33 Thirty three 33rd Thirty-third
34 Thirty four 34th Thirty-fourth
… … … …
40 Forty 40th Fortieth
50 Fifty 50th Fiftieth
60 Sixty 60th Sixtieth
70 Seventy 70th Seventieth
80 Eighty 80th Eightieth
90 Ninety 90th Ninetieth
100 One hundred 100th Hundredth
… … … …
1000 One thousand 1000th Thousandth
Numbers bigger than 20
Use a hyphen between compound numbers
Number Word
21 twenty-one
55 fifty-five
99 ninety-nine
Numbers bigger than 100
Use a hyphen between compound numbers and the word and.
Use either the definite article a or one for 100.
Number Word
121 a/one hundred and twenty-one
356 three hundred and fifty-six
999 nine hundred and ninety-nine
Numbers bigger than 1,000
Use a hyphen between compound numbers and the word and.
Use either the definite article a or one for 1,000.
Separate three digits with a comma (,) → 50,000.
Number Word
1,121 a/one thousand one hundred and twenty-one
2,356 two thousand three hundred and fifty-six
9,999 nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
1.1.4. The number 0
There are different words for the number 0.
Word Explanation Example
67890
oh single digits (telephone numbers, codes)
six - seven - eight - nine - oh
-5 °C
zero measurements (temperature)
five degrees Celsius below zero
5-5=0
nought figure 0 in British English*
Five minus five leaves nought.
The match ended 2 - 0.
nil results in sport
The match ended two - nil.
Word Explanation Example
40 - 0
love tennis
forty - love
* In American English zero is used.
Excuse me, How do I get to…..?
Could you tell me what´s the best way to………..please..?
Can you tell me where is………..?
Go straight on….(until you come to..,,)
Go straight on Paseo Bolivar until you come to Caja agraria Building
Turn back / Go back
Turn left / Turn right ( into……street )
Turn left into Murillo Street.
Cross the Bolivar Bridge
Go through the Universal park
